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Ron Wyden: “The IRS said it would need nearly $400 million to implement the new law, but the Trump budget held the agency's funding…”

On the recordFebruary 13, 2018
The IRS said it would need nearly $400 million to implement the new law, but the Trump budget held the agency's funding flat.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden highlights insufficient IRS funding for tax law implementation.

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